Good call. There is always plenty to do at Sundance Square. It has some good pubs with plenty of live music. And, yes, the parking is free on the weekends.

The Stockyards are a good place to go as well. There are plenty of good places to eat and hang out.

It's a little bit to the south of downtown, but I strongly recommend the Mexican Inn Cafe. I haven't been there in a long time, but they have wonderful food.

So what brings you to the area?

Thanks for the ideas, folks.

I'm from Philadelphia, PA; in town for the MOWAA (Meals On Wheels Association of America) Convention

If you'd like, I live in Fort Worth, right near downtown and maybe we can go hang a bit.

Culturally:
Unfortunately, the Kimball Art Museum is currently closed for repairs (there was extensive water damage and they had to move the art and are repair/renovating it) however, the Modern Art Musem, which is near the Kimball (on University between Lancaster and Camp Bowie) is stellar and they currently have an awesome sculpture exhibit going on. There's also the Western Art Museum, if you're into that sort of thing, and if you're a big spender (though tickets can be got on the cheap and there's always something going on) you can check out a show at the Bass Hall in Downtown. The Star Wars Exhibit at the Science Museum is killer also and well worth the price of admission (which is like $20)

Drinks:
The Flying Saucer is nice downtown, but there's also The Ginger Man (not far from the Kimball/Modern) that serves a large bevy of beers as well (Mondays are the best time to hit the Saucer -- great drink specials during happy hour)

There are plenty of upscale bars and clubs now, if that's your thing -- I'd just pick up a FW Weekly and scan it for bars. One you might want to try is Embargo, which is new downtown (and near the Water Gardens and Texas Wesleyan Law School) which is a Cuban bar with good prices and an awesome atmosphere.. if you get there a little early 9-10ish, you can get a great place to sit and people watch while getting snockered. Get there later and it gets super-packed. Lots of cuties tend to congretate here too. There are a bunch of good bars and drink specials out of downtown (Billy Miner's has cheap beer prices, but I usually don't drink downtown and usually frequent smaller bars around the TCU area, but I like 'dives' where I can sit and talk with friends while drinking the happy juice)

Food:
You have to go by Joe T. Garcia's for Enchiladas/Margaritas/Fajitas (That's all they serve at night, but you won't be disappointed) Just expect to wait in line whenever you get there. There's a ton of seating (its like 90% outdoors) but I think half of FW tend to eat there nightly.

For Mexican, there are a billion places, depending on just how Mexican you want. I would recommend Fuzzy's Tacos near TCU or Meli's Taqueria near Hulen and Vickery for cheap, cheap killer tacos to die for -- Fuzzy's is fish and Meli's are anything from pork to chicken to beef. If you're looking for upscale 'Texan' food, the Riatta that's downtown has some great dishes and they have a lovely rooftop bar that overlooks downtown. There's also Risky's Barbeque downtown that have all you can eat rib nights and there are wonderful restaurants in the Stockyard area (up Main street from Downtown where Billy Bob's is) such as Risky Ritas that are also pretty tasty.

Downtown has free parking on the weekends and after 5 and parking is free if you get your ticket validated during the other times.

Feel free to PM me and I'll be happy to help in any way I can.

They have a really good zoo. It's not San Diego, but it's still a really good zoo.
I remember the stockyards from my childhood, and it was freakin' awesome back then, but I don't know if it would hold the same amount of fun for a grown-up.

The zoo is pretty good. They've done a lot of good things to it and have really made it a world class facility... Stock Yards are still pretty fun one time around -- you can catch some pretty good Mexican food and hit a couple of the bars on Main Street if that's your thing... if not, there's always those shopping places you can go and throw money at.

Ooh... the waffle house... you missed Ol' South Pancake House on University... Glad you had fun in my little town, by the way.

Next time, you'll have to check out the zoo (especially if you have little ones) and maybe grab the all you can eat ribs from Risky's in downtown.. you know that they actually have a couple around town and if you wanted a night in, for whatever reason, they make these killer family packs with all the works that is a beautiful thing to behold. I was lucky enough to have grown up about 5 minutes from one and my family made it a habit to grab their food about once a week.